A total of 16,000 children have gone missing since the turn of the millennium, but new research says the police database is confusing and unreliable, making it difficult to understand and analyse the scale of the problem.
Excluding non-permanent families from Canada Child Benefit
Poverty advocates with Campaign 2000 say this policy is discriminatory and is “glaringly inconsistent” with Canada’s international obligations to protect human rights.
China targets gaming to save children’s eyesight
The ministry wants parents to cut down kids’ screen time; ensure they have healthy sleep schedules and adequate nutrition; and encourage them to play outdoors and form sturdy exercise habits.
How to manage a better safety net for your family
There is no age or milestone that guarantees a child is mature enough to use their inheritance as we hope they will.
‘Lost generation’: UNICEF warns on fate of Rohingya children
The lives and futures of more than 380,000 children in refugee camps in Bangladesh are in peril, while hundreds of thousands of Rohingya children still in Myanmar are cut off from aid, said a report by the UN children’s agency (Unicef).
Chinese travellers prefer frequent yet short families trips
Chinese travellers went on three family trips in the past year on average. 69% of Chinese respondents have traveled with their core family in the past year, 9% with extended family and 30% with grandparents and/or grandchildren.